diff --git a/supers/ntop b/supers/ntop
index 996d3195..ece08c98 100755
--- a/supers/ntop
+++ b/supers/ntop
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ prog=`basename $0`
 #  ca permet de faire des scripts qui lancent super sur eux-memes..
 test "X$SUPERCMD" = "X$prog" || test "X$UID" = "X0" || 
          exec /usr/bin/super $prog ${1+"$@"}    # le script s'arrete ici ds ce cas.
-test "X$UID" = "X0" && ORIG_LOGNAME=root
 
 # Contenu du script :
 
+user=${$ORIG_LOGNAME-$USER}
 rep=${ORIG_HOME-$HOME}
 echo Putting ntop DBs in $rep
-/usr/local/bin/ntop -P $rep -a $rep/access.log -u $ORIG_LOGNAME ${1+"$@"}  #-l 300
+/usr/local/bin/ntop -P $rep -a $rep/access.log -u $user ${1+"$@"}  #-l 300